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Just got this trip report from our friend Kael Martin. I’m incredibly jealous of the snow he got to shred last weekend.

Heading deep into the Northern Cascade mountains provided an incredibly satisfying and refreshing start to the 2011/2012 snowboard season. Many uncertainties nearly hampered our trip plans, but in the end it all came together and we were thoroughly rewarded for our persistence.

We all gathered in Bellingham on Friday night and set out to the Winchester Lookout via the Twin Lakes Trail very early Saturday morning. Almost 4 miles out on the skin track were alarmed as we came upon a convoy of over 30 jacked up off-road vehicles struggling their way up, to who knows where, through the waist deep snow. Navigating past the impressive display of ‘truck life’ we got off the beaten track and into the hills.

Hello Karakoram Supporters, Please vote for us for the ISPO Brandnew Award. The ISPO Brandnew award is the largest start-up company competition in the sporting goods industry. With your help we can win this. The process for voting is 1.Click the link below 2. Select “vote for your favorite” 3. Select Karakoram from the menu…

Check out the new Jones Solution Video. Jeremy is riding the Snowboard Mag Editor’s Choice splitboard set up and Backpacker’s Ultimate Splitty Setup: the Jones Solution and Karakoram Split30 Splitboard System.

Snoqualmie, WA October 19, 2011 – Karakoram has been honored as a recipient of a 2011 Backpacker magazine Editors’ Choice Snow Award, the most prestigious award in the outdoor industry, given annually to products in recognition of their outstanding innovation in design, materials and/or performance.

Backpacker Editor-In-ChiefJonathan Dorn and his staff of editors and testers presented the Karakoram Split30 Splitboard System with the award at the annual Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Salt Lake City, Utah on Thursday, August 4, 2011.

In total, nine manufacturers were honored as recipients of the first-ever Editors’ Choice Snow Award. Using the same rigorous gear testing practices as the annual Editors’ Choice Awards announced in the spring, the Editors’ Choice Snow Awards are a prestigious honor in the outdoor industry, given to cold-weather season products in recognition of their outstanding innovation in design, materials and performance.